How to Add Submit Button

[Laura]

Thanks, brownjm. I’m so fed up with my current hosting co (after 5 years), in the process of transferring to new one. Can login wp-admin only sporadically. Won’t forget to post button details here asap.

[Barry]

Appreciated, Laura. If you prefer to use the Add HTML Before Calendar field like Laura suggested, brownjm, you should be able to go right ahead and just add a link in there using the visual editor tools.

[brownjm]

Thanks Barry, I tried to add the following text to the field Add HTML before calendar field:

[button color=”Green” size=”large” link=”http://hillvets.org/events/community/add” target=”_blank”]Add Your Event![/button]

This code will normally insert a large button consistent with my theme and I tested this exact language in a separate page successfully. When I do it here all I get is the code; no button. Any ideas?

Also, not sure why but I originally had the photo display as the default. The photos are no longer appearing at all and the “view as” list is not working. Not sure what is going on. I changed it to the list as default for the time being. Thanks for the assistance Barry.

http://hillvets.org/events/

[brownjm]

Also, Laura, I am with hostgator and would highly recommend them. Was with Godaddy and will never do that again.

[Laura]

Thanks, brownjm. I think I’m finally able to get to my files, so will try to post my solution today.

[Laura]

Okay. Hopefully this isn’t too wordy.
I use the WP-Brilliance Theme that has buttons pre-installed, but I’m sure you can add a link to a button image you’ve uploaded if you need to.

Creating a Submit Button
(Read the Themer’s Guide: The Events Calendar/Pro 3.0) https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/events-calendar-themers-guide/
This is what I did:
1. Created a new folder in my theme folder
Opened – wp-content/themes/your-theme/
Then created the following folder: /tribe-events/
2. Located the files I wished to edit in:
/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/views
3. Copied the file: default-template.php
4. Pasted the file into the new /tribe-events/ folder
5. Added the new code between these two lines:

NEW CODE

NEW CODE
Submit Event

*I also added code for people who want to register for community submissions:    OR    Email [email protected] for link to Register for ongoing Event Submission & Editing
**When I originally set up Community Events, I had a Subscribe button so people could be a Community member. That meant I had to enable “let anyone register”. Once I did that, I got a lot of spam registrations. They were probably hoping I hadn’t restricted user level and would have hacked my site. So, no more of that!

Hope this helps!

[Laura]

Correction:
Created a NEW file in the /tribe-events/ folder called default-template.php

Then after copying content from original file with the same name, pasted it into the new file in /tribe-events/

[Laura]

Wish I could edit my comments after posting!

Put this new code: Submit Event

Between these two lines:

NEW CODE

Save and you’re done.

[Laura]

Okay, obviously there’s a problem putting actual code in comments. I’ll try it again with extra “X’s”. REMOVE EVERY CAPITAL X AND SPACES BETWEEN < AND CODE.

NEW CODE (see below)

Here’s the code:

Submit Event

[Laura]

I give up! How can I post the code I used?

[Barry]

Sorry Laura!

We are aware that the current forum software has its limitations and can be … frustrating. Right now the best way to post code is by using a service like Pastebin or Gist and dropping the link in here.

[brownjm]

Thank you for the attempted assist Laura,

If you dont mind feel free to shoot it to me in an email.

[Email address removed — Barry]

[Laura]

Here’s the Gist: https://gist.github.com/CarolinaEpicurean/6113200

Brownjm, I’ll email you a word doc with the info. Hope it works after all this!

[brownjm]

Thank you so much for all of your efforts to help Laura. I am with you that it seems intuitive that there would be a link/button with the community package that would move individuals from the calendar to the form. Not a huge fan of the current setup between the two or the search bar on the main calendar page. This bar seems to be the logical place to install a button linking to the community forums. Thanks for passing it along Barry.

[Laura]

Agreed. But, I have faith in the tri.be guys. Been with them for a long time. If it makes sense and they can include it in an update, they probably will.

Hope it works for you!

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